Malaysia legislation
Section 39
Section 39
(1)
Every owner of any animal or bird infected with or reasonably suspected to be infected with disease shall immediately make a report to a veterinary authority or to the nearest police station or headman and shall at once cause such animal or bird and all other animals and birds which have been in contact with it to be confined and isolated until the arrival of a veterinary authority.
(2)
Every owner of any animal or bird reasonably suspected to have died of disease shall immediately report such death to a veterinary authority or the nearest police station or headman and, the carcass shall not be moved without permission from a veterinary authority or officer in charge of such police station.
(3)
The carcass of such animal may be buried if no instructions have been received within twenty-four hours of making such report or where through distance, difficulty of terrain or of communications the report cannot be made within twenty-four hours.
(4)
The officer in charge of a police station or a headman receiving a report made under subsection (1) or (2) shall immediately forward such report to the nearest veterinary authority.
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(5)
Any person who -
(a)
fails to make a report as is required under this section commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty-five thousand ringgit;
(b)
fails to cause any animal or bird to be confined and isolated as is required under subsection (1) or permits the carcass of an animal to be moved contrary to subsection (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding ten thousand ringgit.
Obligation to report notifiable disease